Kemp should give attention to problems in Georgia, not Texas
While Gov. Brian Kemp and other members of his cohort want to meet with President Biden about the Haitian immigrant crisis at the Texas border, here are four action items that would benefit from his immediate attention.
- Addressing the findings of financial waste and manipulation at the Georgia Department of Revenue
- Mitigating violence and abuse among inmates in Georgia state prisons
- Doing more to reduce COVID-19 deaths in Georgia
- Scheduling a special legislative session on the issue of increasing gun violence in cities and towns across Georgia.
As the chief executive officer of Georgia, to do anything else that doesn’t address the well-being of the citizens of Georgia would be less than acceptable.
PHILIP BAPTISTE, SNELLVILLE
Columnist Pitts right in defense of Milley’s calls to China
A letter published Sept. 24 excoriates both Gen. Mark Milley and columnist Leonard Pitts, demanding Pitts be “replaced with a writer who deals in facts and puts this country first.”
First off, China is not a declared enemy of the United States. While its government is deplorably repressive and ignores human rights recognized by the rest of the world, we are not at war, hot or cold, with that government or its people.
Secondly, I challenge this reader and any other conservatives offended by Pitts’ column on Milley to specify exactly what statements he made in it that were factually inaccurate. Pitts wrote of events amply documented and his opinion thereof.
Gen. Milley may not have been a psychiatrist or consulted one, but nobody needs a medical degree to realize that starting a nuclear war without any provocation, or threatening to do so, is not in our national interest. Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election plainly made him even more mentally unhinged than he already was, and we should all be thankful that conscientious leaders like Gen. Milley stood in his way.
MATT G. LEGER, ATLANTA
